Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-07-22
State News.
ANpRoScoGGIN.

ASDRoscoGGIN.
Fred Hoxie was arraigned before Trial
Justice Brewster at Leeds, Monday. for
assault and battery, with intent to kill Ernest
L Bragg with pitchfork. and was bound
over to the Supreme Judicial Court in the
sum of $500. He procured bonds and was
discharged.
New machinery, piping. etc, for the North
Turner Packing Shop. is arriving every day.
Work lmmences there this week in setting
up machinery and preparing for the rush by
and by.-A deer has been recently seen
several times, near the village.
Rev. S. Record of the Methodist church at
Lisbon Falls, bsptised six candidates at the
river side, last Sunday afternoon, FIVE by im-
mersion and one by sprinkling. There was
an out door evening meeting in front of the
residence of Rev. Geo. Plummer The lawn
party by the Free Baptist Lsdies' Aid Society
last Friday evening, was very successful
The Lisbon Falls cornet band furnished
music The proceeds of the evening were
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CUMBERLAND.
The Portland Express says The petroleum
launch belonging 10 Ben Buffers yacht
America, is attracting a good deal of stten-
ton. 1t is small boat, no larger than an
ordinary row-boat. plainly furnished, bu,
equipped with queer looking source of mo-
tive power. II is a brass cylinder, two or
three feet high, looking not unlike locomo-
tive engineers torch. This cylinder when
filled with the petroleum and match spilled
beneath, generates surprising power, send
ing the boat along as fast if not faster than
the launches of the war ships were driven
There ia M hla mn II md v;h ~ n
in this boat as in the case of the steam
launches, the only drawb OK being a rather
strong smell of petroleum which is of neces
sity present. The boat is entirely under the
crontrol of the engineer, who gave pleasing
exhibition of the tractabllity of the boat of
Custom House wharf Wednesday morning,
backing and filling, turning round and rou nd
with no greater exertion than a turn of the
wrist.
HANCOCK.
j, II. Stimson. Esq, is doing rushing
business at West Sullivan this season. He
employs between 800 and 400 men and has
constantly in use from 20 to % yoke of oxen
Only last week he paid out in the line of or,
binary business expenses the sum of SIS, 900.
He has on hand large quantity of granite
awaiting shipment and Is forwarding cargoes
as rapidly as vessels can be chartered and
loaded.
Real estate negotiations are still going on
in the vicinity of S. w. Harbor though the
land boom has quieted down considerably
Mr. Byron Carter has received an offer of
$1,000 per acre for the Mayo farm embracing
81 acres. If the offer is accepted a fine
large hotel will be erected.
The harbor at Bar Harbor this year is
alive with steamers. Besides the many ex,
cursion boats and launches the following
steamers make regular trips to that place
City of Richmond from Portland, Mount
Desert from Rockland, Forest City from
Boston, Ssppho and Sebona from Mt Desert
Ferry. Cimbria from Bangor, Silver Star
from Northeast Harbor. Southwest Harbor,
Lamoine, Gouldsboro, etc., Sorrento from
Sorrento and other points and the Winter
Harbor from Winter Harbor.
KENNEBEC.
The Kennebec Democrat says the Califor-
MA fever has not allayed any. In about one
week quite party of Watervilians will leave
for the land of honey and money. Among
them will be H. o. Piece, Frank Lincoln,
Cha. Saywood, E. W. Clark and family, and
possibly Chas. Smiley Flood & Proctor
have contracted to build the new school house
on the Prof. Smith lot on College street for
$4,000. The old school house on North
street is to be taken down and worked into
the new house in the contract.
SOMERSET.
Messrs. Dexter, Sampson and Libby are
commencing to build bridge across the Sc.
basticook to reach their new steam mill
which they intend to build soon as possible.
When completed they will furnish all kinds
Of lumber, doors, sashes, blinds, stair rails
newels, balusters and mouldings of all kinds
At Skowhegan, Weston & Brainard have
Sc men and donkey engine at work on the
jam of logs in their boom and they are running
out about millions daily, but at present they
are collecting at the upper end as fast as they
break them away from the down river end
The rear of the drive is now in the vicinity
of Scion.
WALDO.
A valuable horse belonging to 2. E. Luce
of Waldo. was killed in the pasture by get.
ting its foot caught between two rocks throw
ing itself and beating cut its brains, reports
the Belfast City Press. A barn belonging to
f l.. Bryant was burned the 10th inst.
Hiram Chaplin, of the firm of Chaplin &
Son. boot and shoe dealers OF Boston, died at
the residence of his son, Hiram Chaplin, Jr
at Washington Mills, Monday, the 18Th inst.
Mr.. Chaplin was former resident of Liberty,
and removed to Boston about 10 years ago,
At the time of his death he and three of his
sons were the propretors of three large and
hourishing boot and shoe stores on Washing
ton street. He was about 20 years of age.
j. w. Mitchell, special constable for Waldo
county, called upon Internal Revenue Collec-
ter Page at Portsmouth, recently, and asked
t. see the books, but was refused. The law
says the records shall be open to inspection
by the public. The Collector said be did not
care for the law; he should not show the
books unless he was compelled to do So and
that he vas protecting the people who were
doing business with the government.
|. c. Libby, Esq, of Burnham, has Just
completed his twelve hundredrh trip from
Maine to Brighton market He has Travelled
by rail over 600, 900 miles, or a distance equal
10 going around the earth twenty we times,
wi'hout injury by accident. He has sold in
Brighton market over 1000 head of cattle,
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